COM. LAND TITLE INS. CO. v. KURNOS


773 A.2d 726 (2001)

340 N.J. Super. 25

COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY and Citicorp Mortgage, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Roy E. KURNOS, Esq., Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl H. Burstein, Wayne, argued the cause for appellants (Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, attorneys; Ms. Burstein and Mark D. Jaffe, on the brief).

Matthew M. Collins, Roseland, argued the cause for respondent (Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, attorneys; Charles X. Gormally, of counsel; Mr. Gormally and Jonathan E. Levitt, on the brief).

Before Judges CARCHMAN and LINTNER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CARCHMAN, J.A.D.

In this legal malpractice appeal, we address the issue of when the six-year statute of limitations runs when monetary damages are allegedly not readily ascertainable at the time the alleged malpractice is discovered. We conclude that where an attorney's negligence resulted in a purported first mortgage lien actually being a second mortgage, the limitations period...

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